General Electric Company

Jeanette Marie Bruno

Aiman A Abdel-Malek

Gregory John Fera

James Edward Schlabach

Brian Scallan

Bryan A Mathewson

Ivan Gomez

John Erik Hershey

Naresh Sundaram Iyer

Donald E Woodmansee

Brock Estel Osborn

Boris Yamrom

Michael Dean Fullington

Timothy Patrick Kelliher

Charles Larry Abernathy

Jonathan Earl Davis

A system for collecting and storing performance data for an engine is provided. The system includes one or more sensors configured to generate sensor data signals representative of one or more engine data performance parameters. The system further includes a data sampling component, a data quantizing component, a data storage sampling rate component, a data encoding component and a data storage component. The data sampling component is configured to sample the sensor data signals at a data sampling rate. The data quantizing component is configured to generate quantized data samples corresponding to the sampled sensor data signals. The data storage sampling rate component is configured to determine a data storage sampling rate for the quantized data samples, based on an analysis of at least a subset of the quantized data samples. The data encoding component is configured to encode the quantized data samples according to the data storage sampling rate, and the data storage component is configured to store the encoded data samples from the encoding component.

Method and system for efficient data collection and storage

Image objects within two-dimensional images are identified by locating boundary points that describe line segments that define a polygon outlining each object. Processing follows lines of pixels between boundary points to determine whether additional pixels are a part of the same image object by reference to a discriminator, such as color. Boundary points are thus identified for contiguous pixels and contiguous lines. Arm-like regions are identified by recursive analysis in a similar manner. The resulting boundary point list may serve to identify the image object, such as for labeling or tagging in web-based manuals, catalogs, and so forth.

Method and system for generating polygonal boundary definitions for image objects

A method for generating an automated exploded view of an assembly of parts is presented. The method includes determining at least one sequence of viable directions of motion of at least one moving part in the assembly of parts. Computer-readable medium and systems that afford functionality of the type defined by this method are also contemplated in conjunction with the present technique.

Method and system for generating automated exploded views

A diagnosis and repair recommendation system for a railroad locomotive is disclosed. The system uses generalized repair recommendations and instantiates them to a specific repair process for a unique road number locomotive. In addition to repair steps to be executed by the technician, the method and system remotely provides supporting documentation specifically tailored for each step in the repair process. As the repair is being conducted, feedback information is entered by the technician. The repair recommendations and the supporting documents are available to the technician via a remote unit, thereby allowing the technician to access the repair steps and supporting documentation while the repair is in progress.

Diagnosis and repair system and method

A portable data entry apparatus adapted to be carried by a user including a planar member having top and bottom surfaces. A data entry device is secured to the top surface of the planar member leaving a gap therebetween. A first member is detachably attached to the bottom surface and towards a first edge of the planar member, and a second member is secured to the bottom surface and away from the first edge, the second member enabling a user's forearm to support the data entry apparatus.

Portable and wearable data entry apparatus

The present invention analyses an existing legacy system, such as a Physician's Office Management System, and automatically extracts, reformats and sends required data to a service company, which may be for example, and insurance company. It begins by feeding the legacy system 'seed data' and monitors the legacy system storage device to determine a 'raw map' of where and how the seed data is stored. It then culls out multiple records, single records, inconsistent records in the raw map. Control flow information is also extracted. This indicates which fields are 'key' fields and are used to extract other information. These key fields must be acquired before their related data. After the data is located and the order is determined, a script is automatically created to extract the data. The data is then extracted and reformatted in a predetermined format determined by the service company, and the required data is automatically sent, by conventional means, to the service company.

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Saratoga Springs, NY, United States of America

Jeanette Marie Bruno